Sexual violence victims in DR Congo in need of help, protection

STORY: Sexual violence victims in DR Congo in need of help, protection DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:33 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of shelter camps in Goma, DRC 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): JUSTINE MBURANO, Sexual violence victim 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): RASMAN KABORE, Doctors Without Borders coordinator in Goma 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): DESANGE MAYENGA, Head of gender issue within FDAPID STORYLINE: Refuge-seeking women in shelters on the outskirts of Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are under the shadow of gender-based violence (GBV), as many victims said that they are having a hard time recovering from GBV-related trauma. Since the beginning of 2023, more than one and a half million people have been forcibly displaced in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, the three conflict-plagued provinces, bringing the total number of displaced persons in the country to more than 5.8 million. Women represent 51 percent of the dis